division has testified that the department's so-called muslims by program has not produced even one lead or terrorism investigation in the past six years now the new york city police department following the september eleventh attacks created a demographics unit this according to the sociedad press that unit mapped unmonitored muslim owned businesses and also had police officials infiltrate mosques and muslim student groups throughout the city of new jersey according to reports the n.y.p.d. was also eavesdropping on conversations taking place between muslim americans now many civil rights lawyers say the n.y.p.d. violated any laws and civil liberties by targeting people based on their ethnicity or their language they also argue that laws were broken because officials were trying to gather information on people that did not commit any crimes so here we are nearly eleven years following the september eleventh tops and america's most powerful arms of law enforcement still appear to be targeting muslim americans this is of course left the f.b.i. in the n.y.p.d. producing very little results but critics say it's also left us citizens with very little accountability for

the shooter was killed by the new york police department. the shooting happened after account a.m. st calls went into the new york fire department. no clear motive to the shooting, except for the fact it's not terrorism, and no clear status on what exactly of the ailments of the victims who are now at the hospital presumed, but there is a shooting, the empire state building, first reports came in at 9:00 a.m. that does it to this hour, chris jansing will have the latest on this story right after this. >>> it is a huge tourist attraction as well as t

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the new york police department, they've just released some surveillance video of the shooting. you here. this is very graphic. i don't want you to watch it if you don't want to. this does show the police shooting of this man, jeffrey johnson. take a look at this video, what happens here. it's exactly what ray kelly told us about a while ago. there you see him. it's a little difficult to see. you see he goes down. you can see if you watch a little bit closer, what the police said, you can see him pointing something. that's where all of this seems to happen. it's a very dramatic moment in this video just released from the new york police department right now. you see a little bit of the

the associated press won a pulitzer prize for its series revealing how the new york police department conducted widespread spying on muslim americans throughout the eastern united states without evidence of wrongdoing. the ap now reports court records unsealed monday show information collected by the nypd secret demographics unit did not spark a single investigation. a warning to our tv audience, the following images are graphic. the department of agriculture has shut down a slaughterhouse in california following the emergence of graphic video showing the flagrant abuse of cows. the animal rights group compassion over killing posted videos showing the cows of the central valley each company being dragged by one leg on their way to being slaughtered as well as being electrically crowded and shot in the head. a new study claims u.s. residents are wasting nearly every other bite of food they consume. according to the natural resources defense council, americans are wasting up to 40% of the nation's food supply to the tune of $165 billion per year. wasted food is said to account for up to

have so now after years of spying on unsuspected muslims based solely on stereotypes the new york police department never produced a lead on a terrorist suspect offices hopes the covert democratic demographics rather unit would provide a warning system against terrorism which is proving fruitless as a said let's talk more about this with alex that it's ruby news website alter net exhaustless also written extensively about this time mr kane the n.y.p.d. has given various examples of my of why this type of surveillance is necessary do you see any situation where this kind of spying is justified though yourself. you know this. obviously. impacted muslim communities in the u.s. . and specifically in new york the n.y.p.d. has made muslim community largely law abiding innocent people that are american citizens into. a group of people that are automatically deemed suspect because of their religion and clearly this is not justified it's unconstitutional and it's wholly in violation of muslims civil rights here in the united states has put a twist to this to the n.y.p.d. divisions already operating under a

and new york police department and the new jersey transit all at least one time or another according to these e-mails had contracts with trip wire and we know that like right here in d.c. the d.c. police department their cameras are linked to hundreds if not thousands of private businesses are also linked to the department of transportation they're also linked to thousands of cameras in the public schools so all of those cameras you know this isn't a technology on the camera and this is this huge global system it's all being sent into one place that is being sent to others and so people are saying just be suspicious and if you feel like taking out a camera or two this week why the hell not right sounds scary it'll be interesting to. see how this plays out this weekend. pleasure to have in the studio that was on our t. web producer andrew blake thanks so sitting with our space the mars curiosity rover drew worldwide headlines last week when it reached the red planet but after a few days has carefully austudy peaked about our trip to mars we sent our tease laurie harshness to the stree

in the best of the rest of the news while congress the new york police department and our security state are focused on the threats of islamic terror the united states narrowly averted another domestic terror attack for u.s. army soldiers who were arrested on charges of murder are also being accused of plotting to assassinate president obama and overthrow the government the soldiers belong to a militia group in georgia known as forever enduring are always ready for fear it already spent eighty seven thousand dollars on weapons and plot of the takeover fort stewart military base in georgia and then bomb several targets they even murdered a fellow member of the army and his girlfriend out of their fear that that plot that their plot might be exposed it's unknown if or how many other members of the u.s. army may have been involved in the plot joining me now to talk more about this is mark potok spokesperson for the southern poverty law center editor in chief of the s.p.l. sees intelligence report and eight watch blogs and gary berntsen president and of the concerned veterans of america than

it comes from the new york city police department. we should warn you, it shows a man, shooter, in the last second he's alive. you see him being shot by police. we're showing it to you so you can see why police did what they did. surveillance video after the gunman shot a co-worker. there, you see the gunman in the middle of your screen. it's grainy and it's blurry. you see him walking down the street. briefcase in hand. he takes a gun out of the briefcase. police are in the right-hand corner. this is on fifth avenue. right outside of the empire state building. johnson pulls his weapon. you see the crowd scatter. police open fire killing johnson. this played out in a matter of seconds. the shooter, johnson, is dead. so is the man he shot. nine others were hit. we're going to have complete coverage of the shooting, of this new video, and what it tells us about the incident coming up. we begin tonight with other breaking news. tropical storm isaac. storm watches have gone up in florida. right now, the country of haiti is bearing the bru

we're waiting for a police press conference from new york city police, i see this man, you can see him here, this is the deputy commissioner of the new york city police departmentthis point, this is what we know. >> is the weapon still on the scene? we understand the man used a shotgun. is the weapon still on the scene or have they taken that away? >> not that we can see but i'm a half a block away from the scene. it's all roped off. we were pushed to the side by police officers so not that i have seen on the ground yet. i did see two pictures that rebecca fox witnessed so she showed them to me, one was a woman that i told you about, shot in the foot, sitting looking perplexed and shocked and terrified and i also saw another picture and in the far ground of the picture you can see the man she believes was the shooter, laying on the ground, wearing dark clothing, but no weapons on the ground that we can see yet, we have no reports from police single, multiple weapons, what they may have been. >> of course this has happened, poppy n a tourist area, the empire state building. >> right. >> tell us how unusual it is to see a man with a shotgun running down the stree

conference with police commissioner ray kelly, he will be expected to be side by side with new york city mayor bloomberg. i spoke briefly with the number two in the new york city police department on the phone, the deputy commissioner, paul brown. he didn't have time to get into detail with us. he said we'll give you more at the 11:00 briefing and we know the president was notified by homeland security adviser john brennan of this around 9:30 a.m. he will continue to be updated through the day, so obviously all law enforcement already here are aware and the fbi at ground zero as well. >> poppy harlow, stand by for one moment if you will. we are looking at pictures that are north/south, up and down fifth avenue at this point. we've also got helicopter shots that sort of set the scene of what at one point was some pretty confusing activity, and now is a series of cordonned off areas in midtown new york city. this is 34th and 5th avenue. doesn't get busier than this location of the iconic location of the empire state building. zero traffic on one of the budsiest intersections of manhattan and at that time there are a lot of bystanders, a lot of people who happened upon the scene o

. >> yeah, there is a heavy police presence from the new york police department as well as the private security that works inside the empire state building. we're hearing that two different law officials say a recently fired store workers is the alleged gunman. we are awaiting a press conference from mayor bloomberg as well as commissioner kelly. lester, have you seen the mayor and commissioner kelly on sight? >> reporter: i saw commissioner kelly quite earlier. i have note seen the mayor, but again this is a pretty large crime scene so the command post is not within my sight. clearly they have a place where they're sustaininging. i can't see it where where i am. >> nbc's lester holt is reporting from the empire state building. >> stand by, lester. we'll come back. rehemia, now we're learning more. >> we have an nypd radio log of reports that come from police to police. here's indication of just how quickly things were transpiring. it suggests to us that as 9:27, the first call came in, and i'm quoting now, midtown charlie south. they're talking about the area. unconfirmed 10, 10 shots

right in front of the empire state building, which is where that scene took place with the new york police department that surveillance video that you mentioned last night. let's show that video again. this is in the moments after suspected gunman jeffrey johnson reportedly confronted and killed a former colleague of his a block away. he is shown walking up fifth avenue at that point when he is confronted by new york police officers. he pulls out a gun from a bag and that's what officers open fired. that's when those chaotic moments started. the streets here on fifth avenue packed with pedestrians and tourists in area. in all, nine innocent bystanders were injured either by grazed bullets or minor wounds. some of them from stray bullets that police may have fired. in the meantime, that first shooting took place about a block away at the nearby business that the suspected gunman jeffrey johnson, reportedly worked at and was laid off more than a year ago. he came here that morning, to confront a former company executive. that man, steven urklin noxt, he confront the him and shot him at point blank rang

. >> the new york city police department is trying to track down a man who investigators say wounded one of their officers. the shooter may have been in maryland and they're offering a $32,000 reward. he was shot in both legs while working with an anti-gang unit last week in queens. there were trying to stop someone on a bicycle. that suspect later shot him. this is video of the sergeant leaving the hospital last friday. police believe the suspect, john thomas, has been in several cities the about pennsylvania, maryland, and virginia. indeed, the information is asked to call -- >> undocumented immigrants across the country are hoping to take advantage of the new program. lines at because the da maryland were long this afternoon. it allows illegal immigrants ages 15-31 to get work permits than avoid deportation for two years. these applicants deserve the chance to stay and work legally in the united states. >> their kids who are doing the right thing. this is an opportunity for them toome out of the shadows. >> applicants will only be accepted if they came to the u.s. before the age o

former new york police department homicide detective.important at a time like this not to jump to any erroneous conclusions about a second gunman. that is the task that is being undertaken right now by the s.w.a.t. team assisted by the fbi inside that temple. talk to us about what they do? >> you what happens, is you get a lot of confusion going on there. people are shot. the most important thing you have to do is try to save anybody else if they are in danger at that point. if there is a is second gunman, we are not saying there is. you have to take down the right away.nger reit away an question as many witnesses that are able to be questioned immediately so they will let you know was there more than one person involved with shooting like that. it has is to be organized. what happens at a scene like this all these different law enforcement groups but the initial response is that local police department there and they he have to organize it in the sense again most important thing is to try to save anybody's lives. get the shot people to

the new york police department, they've just released some surveillance video of the shooting.n you here. this is very graphic. i don't want you to watch it if you don't want to. this does show the police shooting of this man, jeffrey johnson. take a look at this video, what happens here. it's exactly what ray kelly told us about a while ago. there you see him. it's a little difficult to see. you see he goes down. you can see if

. >> the words "see something, say something," were originally coined by the new york police department, a security slogan for the city's transit system following the attacks on 911. >>> they are the champions of the bay area, a little league team from petaluma, returning from an incredible run at the little league world series. >> ready? [ cheers and applause ] >> there they are! the 13 members of the petaluma national little league team arrived at the fairgrounds in a white stretch limo welcomed by a few hundred hometown fans. these boys are now ranked as the third-best little league team in the world. and while they're tired, they're still pumped by their world series ride. >> we placed third in the world. it would have been nice for second or first, but still third in the world from a little small town in petaluma, that's cool. >> i think we could have done a little bit better in southeast, but third place in the world, i'll take it any day. >> i'll take it any day. the team was led home from sfo by an escort that included the petaluma police department and the r.i.p. city riders. a

her group advocates for stricter gun laws and police tactics focused on getting weapons off the streets. she supports the new york city's police departments stop-and-frisk strategy, which allows officers to search anyone they find suspicious. you support stop-and-frisk. it's a controversial tool. >> see, you have to walk in my shoes to understand when i say stop-and-frisk is needed because maybe if they would have stop and frisked those kids that shot my two kids maybe they would still be alive. >> reporter: in 1982, her 17-year-old son anthony was murdered by two teenagers who didn't like the way he looked at them. 16 years later, her 28-year-old son tyrone was gunned down by a thief. but critics who have protested the policy say the tactic encourages racial profiling. the n.y.p.d.'s own statistics show that 85% of the people who are stopped are latino or african american men. >> that program, if it's broken, it needs to be fixed by community leaders and they need to sit at the table and help fix it. but we certainly don't need to stop it. >> reporter: and she believes parents need to take greater responsibility for their children. >> th

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about a shooting at the empire state building, that's an initial reaction for a huge police department like the new york city police department. they quickly ruled that out and figured out what this was but in the meantime, fifth avenue remains closed. this is as you know, major thoroughfare in the middle of midtown manhattan. traffic has stopped in this entire area and now you have dozens of people behind barricades at every single street. it's unclear when this will open again because this is a major crime scene and will be for quite some time. >> jeff rossen, thanks so much for being out there for us today. we'll continue to follow it of course with updates throughout the hour. >>> in our daily fix today, did he really just say that? this was mitt romney in michigan. >> ann was born at henry ford hospital. i was born at harper hospital. no one's ever asked to see my birth certificate. they know that this is the place that we were born and raised. >> mark halperin is a senior political analyst for "time" and msnbc and joins us now from new york. mark, what was the point of raising that issue in that c

it comes from the new york city police department. we should warn you, it shows a man, shooter, in the last second he's alive. you see him being shot by police. we're showing it to you so you can see why police did what they did. surveillance video after the gunman shot a co-worker. dead. you see him there in the middle of the screen in the top. there he is shot by police officers there. this is on fifth avenue. right outside of the empire state building. johnson pulls his weapon. you see the crowd scatter. police open fire killing johnson. this played out in a matter of seconds. the shooter, johnson, is dead. so is the man he shot. nine others were hit. first we're going to get you up to date tropical storm isaac. storm watches have gone up in florida. right now, the country of haiti is bearing the brunt of it. and there may be no worse place for bad weather to hit than haiti. more than 400,000 people still living in tents. literally got no safe place to go. sean penn's organization runs one of the largest tent cities there. we start